Why Scotts Are Really Being Captured

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 17680

The vixen Janeway summons the human Janeway and Chakotay over behind the stack of crates.
"I can't talk long," she whispers. "The device will only last for a few minutes. It's, it's the other Janeway, the bald one. We're practically her slaves. You would call her your 'mirror universe double'. Sure, we are stopping the breakdown of realities by kidnapping Scott's from the multiverse. But Janeway wants the other Scotts to tap their power. She's days away from learning how to manipulate realities. She's going to be an omnipotent being sooner or later. We've gotta stop her. Her ship that was destroyed...well, it was a ruse. It was an innocent Voyager. I have a plan. Are you in?"
Human Janeway looks at Chakotay. Then back at the other Janeway. "What proof do you have to offer?"
"Only this." The vixen Janeway reaches behind her back, manipulates something, then turns around. Janeway gasps. The woman's back was cris-crossed with whip scars.
Janeway sucked in her breath. "We're in."
"Good." the vixen reassembled her uniform. "The Janeway with one eye has agreed to cause a distraction. In the chaos, we'll slip back to the planet with the Scott's, beam them all up and rev our dimension hopping systems into overdrive. Our Torres thinks it'll throw us through a couple thousand random dimensions and then melt. Hopefully they'll never find us."
"We could end up somewhere even worse." Chakotay says.
"I don't think that's possible." the vixen Janeway said. She turned and vanished into the shadows. Some words came floating back.."Brace for impact."

The 150 crewpeople bravely held on as the Voyager they were passengers in bucked and weaved and spun. This went on for ten minutes straight, then stopped. Thirty minutes after that, vixen Janeway came back. She didn't have to hide this time.
Janeway took her to one side. Chakotay followed. "We made it. The other Janeway's ship did not. We're ten minutes out from Scott's planet. It's...it's..."
She slumped to the floor. Chakotay caught her.
"Doctor!" Janeway said. "Take her, get her to Sickbay. I'm going to the bridge. Full bridge crew, follow me!"

"Helm, three degrees port. Phaser fire at three, four, eight and twelve."
The bridge crew responded effectivley and instantly. Janeway allowed herself a smile, glad that Starfleet training crossed dimensions and biological differences. Sure, Chakotay was a horse but inside it was still her stable and efficent second in command. Well, not 'hers' but the real Captain was in Sickbay. The last jolt had caught her alone in the corridor and she had decided to tell the humans before getting her wounds treated. Janeway admired her tenacity then ordered a Krevon Manuver.
Half of the attacking ships were left in the dust.
The other half took ten minutes, three torpedoes and a spin through a radioactive nebula to lose.

"All 76 Scotts on board." said Ensign Mulcahey.
Human Janeway reflected that the Scott's were probably glad to leave. Scans and reports indicated mile long devices whose sole purpose was to manipulate the body to cause pain. How many people had toiled over the gigantic machinery. Did they know it was to tortue people?
Janeway left the bridge with horse Chakotay (a horse?!?) and went to Sickbay. Sure, Janeway was temporarily in command. Top secret confirmation codes had been quickly exchanged between her and the other Chakotay, letting her sink her expirience into fighting off the attacker ships. But she had to remind herself this wasn't 'her' ship. Soon she would have no ship at all.
Janeway felt a pang of regret and pushed it away, ashamed. Her crew was alive. Her crew was okay. Her crew would stay okay because of the organic materials found on the planet. Keeping a two ounce sample on the body of each of the Scott's would dampen the rampant dimensional energy.

Two Doctors stood in Sickbay. Despite expecting it, Janeway was a bit startled. Espically considering one had dog ears.
'Her' Doctor came up to her while the other hovered around the vixen's bed.
"No, Captain. No changes. She's going to be in here for a long time."
More small talk resumed. Janeway returned to the bridge.

"How long until we skip through the dimensions?"
"Five minutes." was the reply. Then, nearly a whisper. "Look, Katherine. I know how hard this must be for you. I'm leaving my home dimension also. We may never get to our 'real' homes."
"I believed your Captain when she told me about the plans for the bald Janeway to become omnipotent. My crews knows this. We've had the chance to review your records. They're willing to do what it takes to prevent their world from being overcome by this tyranny."
A flash of light blinded Janeway.
"What was that?"
"Seems Torres got the dimension jumper working just a bit ahead of time. You're world is safe, Captain."
"That was it?"
"That was it."
"I hate to say it, but our situations end with a little more flair then then this."
"I can blow up some shuttlecrafts off the port bow if you want." Chakotay smiled.

All signs indicated that this was a normal universe. Signs of the Borg, the destroyed Hirogen communications systems...everything but the presence of the bald Janeway and her legions of troops.
The humans and the Scott's agree to join the furry Voyager crew. Though the strains on resources and espically space will be tougher, all agree this is a good idea. Human Paris is allowed to set in the course for the Alpha Quadrant.

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